One man's quest to exercise enough so that he can eat all of the good things that exist in the world

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I started this blog in 2012 as a way to explore food, fitness, and everything in-between. Since then I have posted 250 blog entries, had over 500 comments, and met (virtually and in person) loads of friendly new people. Today, however, it is time to close the doors on Running Buffet and to post this, my 251st…

Today I need to swim 200 lengths of a pool. Hang on, you will say, no one needs to swim 200 lengths of a swimming pool. That’s your choice, surely. A mad choice, a crazy choice, but a choice nonetheless. If you are thinking this, then I concede that you may have a point. Yes,…

There’s a new Journal post available at my other site, Recycled Words: You may remember that I have set myself the challenge of getting outside and grabbing a photo, every day, throughout the whole of 2017. Although this may not seem like that much of a challenge, it is designed to make sure I step…

Sunday morning and all across the land, people awoke bleary-eyed and grumbling. Not even Mothers, whose day it was, could bring themselves to be cheered. For they too had lost an hour. A whole hour. For on this Sunday just gone the clocks went forward. British Summer Time has arrived and, with it, we all lost…

Here’s a new blog post fresh from my Recycled Words site. Last time in the Journal, I spent a few moments talking about the story behind one of my photographs – one of the daily photos I’m taking as part of my Something Wild challenge on instagram. And that got me thinking, there are stories…

A swim on the wild side: dipping our toes in the world of wild swimming Last time in the Journal I explained my strategy for making sure I get up from my desk and get outside, each and every day. My Something Wild experiment is as simple as taking a photo, outside, every day, for…